AFTER leading a multicultural stand against the government’s plans to axe Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act last year, Executive Council of Australian Jewry executive director Peter Wertheim will speak at a conference next month marking 40 years since […]

THE Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has confirmed its continued support for Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, which prohibits offending and intimidating people because of their race, national or ethnic origin, after the terrorist attacks in Paris sparked renewed calls for its repeal.

IN the wake of the deadly terror attacks that gripped Paris last week, when Islamic extremists rained death on innocents claiming 17 lives, the outpouring of anguish and shows of defiance from across the globe have been singular and visceral.

WHEN Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis turned a sod of soil at the National Jewish Memorial Centre in Canberra last Tuesday, he was breaking ground in three ways. It was his first visit to the national capital as Chief Rabbi of […]

THE Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has stood shoulder to shoulder with senior representatives of Australia’s Greek community in condemning a planned visit this week by members of far-right Greek party Golden Dawn.

Q&A on ABC is giving AJN readers an opportunity to join the live discussion on Monday night, March 2nd

Jewish MP, Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg who recently visited Auschwitz, where his great grandparents and other relatives were murdered by the Nazis, will be on the show and will discuss anti-Semitism in Europe.

British actress Miriam Margolyes, who says anti-Semitism has now become acceptable because people associate Jews with Israel’s military actions against the Palestinians will also be on the program. Their comments come in the wake of anti-Semitic terror attacks in Paris and Copenhagen earlier this year.

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